SMW1.6

AIDA: Asteroid Deflection and Assessment Study Mission under study at ESA and NASA (public)
Conveners: P. Michel , M. Küppers , A. Cheng 
Tue, 29 Sep, 17:45–19:15  / Room Mars

This session is open to the community and will present the status of the Asteroid Impact Mission under Phase A/B1 study at ESA and the DART mission under study at NASA/APL. Both components are part of the AIDA mission that aims at performing a test of deflection of the small secondary of the asteroid binary Didymos and various technological demonstrations (including the deployment of a lander and cubesats, and optical telecommunication systems). The session will include 45 mn of scientific and technical presentations and 45 mn will be devoted to questions and comments from the interested communities.